Democrats notched an upset victory in South Carolina’s Senate race, NBC News projects, with Annie Andrews toppling Republican Sen. Darline Graham, who was appointed this year to succeed her late brother, longtime Sen. Lindsey Graham.

Andrews, a pediatrician, will be the state’s first Democratic senator in more than 20 years. Donald Trump carried South Carolina by more than 17 percentage points two years ago.

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[–] 149 points 6 days ago (5 children)

dying was the best thing Lindsay ever did

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  • [–] 35 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    There's some dudes he met in a bathroom that would disagree with you.

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  • [–] 88 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    Genuinely cannot believe it. Never thought I’d see a democratic senator from SC.

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  • [–] 29 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    "In memory of her brother, she finished on the bottom."

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  • [–] 26 points 6 days ago (8 children)

    Both Carolinas in the bag.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 days ago (7 children)

    Roy hasn't lost an election in 40 years.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 days ago (4 children)

    I am feeling the utmost excitement for Kansas right now. What a wonderful night.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    And then there is Ala-fucking-bama, electing as governor one of the few people in the world dumber than Trump. Alabama never fails to disappoint.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago

    I haven't been following that but it would be great if the GOP loses both the Senate seat and the governor's race in Kansas.

    It is pretty amazing that all the statewide elections in Georgia all went blue. Going to be grid lock there since the GA House is solidly GOP.

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  • [–] 24 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    My favorite win of the night. Suck shit Darlene ya bigoted old skinflap

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  • [–] 20 points 6 days ago

    That should give Darline plenty of time to inform herself on national security. Maybe she'll realize one of the biggest threats is the GOP.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 days ago (4 children)

    Pretty crazy one. Am i allowed to hope again?

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  • [–] 35 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

    I'm not sure what's stunning - apart from the fact that it happened in SC: Darline Graham is dumber than a sack of bricks, grossly incompetent, and even the most hardcore republican can't possible vote for her and think she's gonna bring any added value for South Carolinians to the senate. Not to mention the risk that she might open her dumb mouth again and shame the whole state by saying something inane.

    I don't usually count on the good sense and intelligence of republican voters, but Darline Graham is really over the top. I'm not surprised she lost.

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  • [–] 35 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    Trump picked her though. That's what's hilarious about this, he's saying that the candidates are shitty when he picked some of them, lol.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 days ago

    This is so fantastic.

    I saw Darline saying normal Americans need to kiss her ass. Guess she can kiss OUR ass.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    The race was within the margin of error according to polling. Maybe a major upset from a political geography perspective but not if you believe polling.

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  • [–] 26 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    An upset in the sense that if you heard that two years ago that SC would elect a Democrat senator in 2026 people would have laughed at you. A 17+ point shift in two years is insane.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago

    Yeah I mean I alluded to that but I just want to point out that in this era of being blackpilled about the polls, if you watched and trusted them this wasn't a complete shock.

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    Darline paid tribute to her dead brother by finishing on the bottom; his favorite sexual position.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 days ago (5 children)

    Cool, now we can shit on her for being a transphobe and no one will complain.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 days ago

    !/c/southcarolina@sh.itjust.works

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago

    Somewhere, Aunt Lindsey is on a cosmic fainting couch.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago

    This is great too, every vote counts and high turnout matters!

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago

    I have enjoyed tonight’s slaughter a lot

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  • [–] 4 points 6 days ago

    That it was even close shows what a terrible place South Carolina is.

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    Andrews is a pediatrician.

    I was rooting for her from Illinois.

    God knows SC needed someone with some brains for once.

    Not sure how common it is for physicians to become politicians but probably should happen more than it does.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    I dunno, I'm not upset.

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    This one kind of surprised me. I mean, sure Graham didn't know much about anything and wasn't the most articulate, but this is the state that kept reelecting her brother.

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